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15 May 2025 in Ayr Town Hall
Within Ayr Rotary we support a number of initiatives, working with schools, which have really shown how the lives of children from very disadvantaged backgrounds can be helped - eg the Newton School Hub support and the Skate ...
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The big annual beach clean takes place over up to twenty beaches on the Ayrshire Coast. Most of these are managed and led by Ayr Rotary Club/Ayrshire Coastal Path but other beaches are organised by the Rotary Club of Alloway, and a diverse range of other community groups, farmers and landowners who all give ...
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Report by Howard Stevenson
The team sponsored by Ayr Rotary, was Kyle Academy this year. The final was held in Glasgow and Kyle Academy won the competition with an excellent presentation.
A huge thanks to Mary Helen who has helped reach this stage in the competition, with significant challenges... including ...
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The Annual Big Beach Clean is a joint venture between Rotary and Ayrshire Coastal Path (ACP).
The Rotary clubs of Ayr, Prestwick and Alloway, together with the help of South and North Ayrshire Councils, ACP Pathminders, farmers, private businesses and numerous community groups, organisations, and individuals hope to be ...
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Fantastic total of £26400
The Rotary Tree of Remembrance project in December 2024, over the festive period, raised a fantastic £6600 for charity this year.
The tree initiative on the town’s High Street is organised by the Rotary Club of Ayr, and has been running for the past four years. We have raised a total of ...
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On 17 December 2024, Willie Stewart presented his well-kown style of quiz, having done it for over twenty years. The wide range of questions tripped up most people, but the star of the evening was Brian Hignett.
Brian is pictured receiving a fine bottle of wine from President Colin.
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3 December 2024
Not long to go till our Tree of Remembrance collection starts. But you can see the tree already at our new location, next to the Grain Exchange on the High Street. Over the last three years, the Rotary Tree of Remembrance has raised just under £20000, shared between Ayrshire Hospice, Ayrshire Cancer ...
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The Salvation Army Food Bank is one of the charities Ayr Rotary support with on-going donations throughout the year. In October their stocks had run particularly low, and a plea was put out to members to make a special cash donation to allow the organiser to buy the most needed supplies. A great response resulted in ...
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Fourteen members attended a fantastic visit to UPM Caledonian Paper Mill in Irvine today. An interesting talk from Andy Johnston, development manager, followed by a tour of the mill. The scale is colossal, with the 400m production line, turning wood pulp into paper. Enormous rollers compress and dry the paper onto 8 metre ...
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Ayr Rotary organised a visit to the Heritage Centre in Cumncck on 26 July 2024.
Following a recent visit to the Club by Jim Smith, explaining how he had restored a Victorian steam fire engine, several members expressed an interest in visiting the Centre. And what a revelation! The place is packed full of vintage ...
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